For Spring Break this year we flew in to Kansas City to spend time with family and have some adventures in Missouri. When we landed, Abby picked us up and we met everyone at McAlister's Deli for lunch.
After lunch, we all drove over to Allison's new place for a tour. Her place is cute and cozy and we're proud of her for making such a nice life for herself and Garrett.
In the afternoon we went over to Amanda's house for a bit to meet her new dogs Teddy and Rocky, and to say hello to their very slightly older dog Pepper.
In the evening we all met up at Grandma Genie's house for game night. We played Spoons and Happy Salmon.
Sunday, March 15th, we all went out to play some pickleball together. I organized a matchmaking system so we could have a tournament and we were surprised that Grandma Genie wanted to participate. Especially as she's been having trouble with one of her eyes after cataract surgery and hasn't been very active lately.
Unfortunately, on the first round of games, on one of the very first points, Grandma Genie had a painful accident. She was trying to go backwards for a ball when she lost her balance and fell on her back, hitting her head hard on the ground.
We were worried she'd cracked her skull and she was in a lot of pain. We borrowed a wheelchair from the pickleball manager and got her to Amanda's van. Andrea and Amanda went with her to the hospital, where she spent most of the day doing imaging and being inspected. Thankfully, she didn't have any broken bones or permanent damage and was released later in the evening.
The rest of us did play some pickleball and then we went back to Amanda's to hang out with the pups.
On Monday, Shawn and Ryan had to work, but everyone else got up fairly early and went to the school where Alli is teaching Kindergarten. They visited her classroom, read books, and played some games together.
We all met up for lunch at McAlister's Deli and then Paige went to the Goble's house for the evening.
Connor spent the afternoon at the Rudolphs, and then came over to Grandma's in the evening to help with making cookies and to play dominos with us.
Tuesday, March 17th, Andrea went with the kids along with Amanda, Abby, and Nate to Springfield and then to Silver Dollar City the next day. It wasn't exactly on the way, but they stopped by to see Renie and had a very nice visit with her.
Dinner was at Lambert's and then they spent the night in Springfield.
Wednesday, March 18th, the group went to Silver Dollar City and had beautiful weather for the day. It had been extremely cold for the past few days so they had planned their visit perfectly for a cool sunny day.
Shawn, Genie, Ryan, and Griffin all spent the days back in Blue Springs. I worked during the day and hung out with Genie in the evenings. On Wednesday when the weather warmed up, I took Teddy on a five mile run and took the little dogs on long walks as well.
Genie, Ryan, and I met at McAlister's Deli for lunch, and I took Genie out for burgers and ice cream in the evening for dinner at Culver's.
Thursday, very early in the morning, Connor and I flew home.
Abby and Alli took Paige shopping for stuffed animals, which was a nice surprise for Paige as she doesn't have many stuffies and so certainly needs some.
The rest of the gang celebrated Griffin's 10th birthday a little early on Friday with a bowling party and then cake at Amanda's house.
Andrea and Paige flew home on Saturday and they made it home without any issue. It was a different Spring Break than we've had in past years, but it was a nice chill week and it was a good use of my limited time off as well since I was able to work during the week while still seeing everyone.
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